spam legislation act
Matterform Goes After Spam Criminals With Latest Release of Spamfire
White Paper The new version takes advantage of the provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act, the recently passed federal anti-spam legislation that requires senders of unsolicited commercial messages to provide a way to unsubscribe from their e-mail lists and makes it... [03 Jul 2008]
The CAN-SPAM Act: How New Legislation Will Impact Nonprofit Email Communications and What to Expect in 2004
White Paper The CAN-SPAM Act preempts stricter state laws regulating spam and legitimizes sending unsolicited commercial email, as long as the message is not fraudulent or pornographic, or message includes a valid address for the sender and a commercial label... [23 Jul 2007]
Spam storm needs ISP action, urges security chief
News But he said it is not the ISPs' lone responsibility to solve the problem, suggesting legislation and end-user education are essential tools in the fight. Ispa, the UK's internet service providers' association, will today make a presentation to the... [14 Mar 2007]
Leader: Time for tougher spam laws
Leader Legislation is admittedly not a perfect solution. Yet it's imperative the UK cracks down on the senders of junk email with stronger legislation. Trade and industry minister Margaret Hodge told MPs this week that "the government is actively... [19 Jul 2006]
Leader: ISPs must be forced to stop spam
Leader The US, whose CAN Spam legislation has been widely criticised, and which, as a country, produces more spam than any other nation should also sit up and listen. What we now need to see is governments around the world adopting similar best practice... [30 Mar 2006]
Google vs US gov't: Court date delayed
News Representative Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said he would introduce legislation to curb records retained by websites, and Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, has asked Gonzales for details. [03 Feb 2006]
'Technology our only hope of cutting spam'
News News from the 'war room' is sounding bleak for proponents of legislation and regulation as a plausible cure to spam email, with the UK's Information Commissioner all but admitting technology is now our only hope. [12 Dec 2005]
US spammer gets a year in the can
News The authors of the report, put out by security software company Sophos, attributed the decline to new legislation and jail sentences for spammers. Peter Moshou plead guilty in June to violating the US Can-Spam Act after EarthLink sued him in January. [18 Nov 2005]
Man Utd fan group commits cyber crime
News The current Computer Misuse Act (1990) does not specifically cover DoS attacks, although the government is currently reviewing this legislation. Even though Allen & Overy were subject to such attacks, Andrews is not in favour of tougher legislation. [22 Sep 2005]
Opinion: Policing the internet will take more than law
Comment While forming new legislation can help in the fight against cyber crime, it's misguided to think law is the single most important factor here, says Brian White. It may come as a shock to some but most of our politicians do not understand the... [20 Sep 2005]
Leader: UK soft on spam
Leader The UK government has fallen behind on anti-spam legislation because it is unable to keep pace with technology and its exploiters. Some reports say the ICO has received 600 complaints of spam over the last year but others say only 300 of those are... [11 Aug 2005]
UK stops 13 fax marketers - but no spammers
News Putting this into context with other complaints we receive under the same and previous legislation, we receive far more complaints about direct marketing faxes and have been successful in taking enforcement action in 13 cases of breaches by fax... [11 Aug 2005]
UK spam scandal update: Deeper and messier than feared
News But now the DTI has revealed it provided the wrong information to silicon.com in response to a Freedom of Information Act enquiry, and it also appears the information which senior DTI ministers claimed existed to show support for light touch... [06 Jul 2005]
Leader: Spam laws shame the UK
Leader In the past, representatives of bodies such as the Office of Fair Trading and the DTI have objected to silicon.com's cynicism on the issue of anti-spam legislation and the role the UK government and regulators can play. [03 Jun 2005]
Spam shame of the UK exposed
News While only 195 respondents called for stricter anti-spam legislation, a total of 247 parties registered their support for not applying spam protection to business email. The UK is still dogged by the persistent problem of spam email and for all the... [02 Jun 2005]
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